Contending citizenship identifications let democracy mobilize passions and defuse antagonism
Evidence
Each of them proposes its own interpretation of the ‘common good’, and tries to implement a different form of hegemony. To foster aUegiance to its institutions, a democratic system requires the availability of those contending forms of citizenship identification. They provide the terrain in which passions can be mobilized around democratic objectives and anragonism transformed into agonism. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 465
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s core agonistic-pluralism agenda: plural ‘we’s channel passion away from a permanent Enemy toward adversaries. — connects to: Politicized collective identity requires shared grievances, adversarial attributions, and societal involvement — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4390; Emotionality aids rather than undermines democratic deliberation; Conflict legitimation, not consensus, is modern democracy’s condition of existence — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 463 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Democracy’s task is converting antagonism into agonism, not erasing it
#expands(0.92) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 584 - Passions and affects, not rationality, secure allegiance to democratic values
#corroborates(0.86) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 433 - Conflict legitimation, not consensus, is modern democracy’s condition of existence
#corroborates(0.85) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 463 - Strong affective polarization across groups erodes democratic discourse
#complicates(0.85) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 734 - Emotionality aids rather than undermines democratic deliberation
#expands(0.82) - Conflict between values is the raw material of political citizenship
#corroborates(0.82) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 683 - Politicized collective identity requires shared grievances, adversarial attributions, and societal involvement
#expands(0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4390 - Recognition from peer groups converts a local fight into valued public citizenship
#expands(0.75) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 1475